Internal-combustion-engine valve.



.1. GOOD.

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED'JAN-2L191G.

Patented June 19, 1917.

J. GOUD. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE vALvE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2 1916.

Patented '.Iline 19, 1917.

` 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

"masticare-f niaygwncern:

ilii I J 011x GOOD, a citizen f T0 QUWLOW@ Be" iaku United,1 S

lofi-vainemelnibenyfand valve casing for internal .'comfbustionaengines and provides a '..;val v e'o\f; simple "and durable form7 capable of= service'ffor -theufull life of the engine on t Whichu'sedg-laaidmvith a maximum of me- 'rich-amical"and `thermal efficiency and wit-hout :requiring anyupanticular attention to main- ;ta1n. itinffsuchvfcondition. The invention eliminates objections inherent in Vthe ordiaiaryifpuppeti:-vallie 'and slide and sleevemalvesand alsoouercomes the principal obstaclesqto the--s`ucctessful and practical. oper ":fationv off ffrota'lzyengine-valves in general.

'The puppet valve, although in universal use in 'combustion;engines, falls short of perfec-A rspe'edst aridiitsi'dependence on cans .and

l springs givesi risolto further ltroubles requiring care and attention. The fact that it 1s exposedfto tiaihftemperatures and is not readily cooled,"especiallythe exhaust, ren- *ders it siibjectft' warping as the result of heat andto erosion by the hot gases and to i 'terne appa' early' leakage-lirontthese causes, requiring further attentiotalhd cost. Puppet' valves forexhfaustoperfgainst 'the pressure in the f1 engine a'n'd' corisqtiently they consume' energy ind excess of th'atrequiredl merely to ac- "i complish fthei'rl lleciprocation, and' the high temperatures not only deteriorate the metal of whichf'thyfarffmade' but also promote premature ignition of the fuel charge. All `t"l1`ese` tleficiiniesfttfid others including vibration due to high speed reciprocation in automobile, aero'zi boat' engines. and` rapid Sea H'ififelailin"Bie llengines.' especially when larg `."."di`l'ie"toihi iressur'es and large disk areas7 are fair-lillaA `tb the-art and need not be further eaplahetl. JfThie' reciprocating sleeve ."valtei en in ftentdevelopment` has sucodtl ih "elniil ing many of the objections A dfina'y bef'fairlv regarded as 4tlgreon` vctiiiilimprovement thereon` but' it is complicated in its'timing means, and 1ncreases rather than avoids the diiiiculties of i. 2"'. n @andere MaK-waa rte..

V v taies, residing in Brooklyn, county otQngs-,g-and State of New York,

' 'i infinita-'AL-ceivnusrroN-nnentn vastzit,

Application filed January 27. 1916. Serial No. 74,553.

`balance due toreciprocation, and it is noti at all adapted to large cylinders'.ItI is also heavy and very expensive to vmake 'and maintain 1n condition. and itis quite dependent upon special and elaborate lubricatingft'acllities, besides having the special -t`urther objection that carbonized `lubricant-vbuiltls up 1n the valve port 4and clogs- -thezpassage. The same criticisms apply also to othe1=.slid-4 lng type valves` whether of the sleeve or piston form, and are well known .to gas engine engineers. While. rotary valves of the' various types so tar proposed. naturally eliminate the difiiculties duesolelyto reciprocating motion, it is u fact that: thev all involve other objections of even-fgreatervcou sequence, the principal objection-being'earlv leakage as the result of wear, and not ytolie avoided by usual means or remedied ini any practicable manner once it has occurred'.

onsequently. rotary valvesin ,all the forms so far proposed. though theoretically .-prfect in their initial condition andoperation,4 do not last the life of the rest-of 4theengine andare very soon useless to retain 'compres- 'sioni` The principal reason tori-such, rapid decline of eiiiciency' 1s the severlt'y ,of the temperaturesinvolved inw'the engi-ne process and the inabilitv ofthe rotarypmernberm the valve to get rid of heat fast enouglnand which in consequence, causes excessive Vthermal expansion and warping. t-lestl'ucti'on .ot lubrication and the' fit of tl1e, val\eon its seat, and Ythese,in turn. result in immediate scoring and deterioration ofboth .member andv seat so that they noy longeryconstitute a portsealing agent.I It willbe appreciated ofcourse that the eHect ,of suchLh-ighztemperatures on the lubricationisirst, to reduce4 its \'i.scosit permitting it-toescape..antisocond, to burn -up anv'residuel" Lul'iricationof the rotary 'member isa primary fa ctor .in guarding against excessive temperature be-I cause the film of oil between themo'ving and stationary seat-surfaceshas lthe effect of virf tua'llv uniting them and providing what practically amounts to acontinuouslyl solid metallic heat-conducting path fromthenrotary member through the-stationary seat to the exterior air or water jacket. --:Metal isthe best` conductor yof lhea-t, and.` the `.oil film, though thin. bridges thegap.or-c1=evice between the sliding metal surfaces, `without itself interposing any appreciableobstruction, but if it be interrupted. the sliding'sur-- faces then become separated by -a thin film to then immediately follows. The integrity of the oil film is thus the essential condition of its own existence and of the useful life of the'valve, but none of therotary valves of the prior art have possessed the ability to maintain satisfactol'y oil films on their seats, even though there have been many attempts to accomplish that result by' systems of internally cooling the rotary member and other means, and certainly no rotary valved engine has yet appeared in which the valve could equal the life of the other engine parts. And

Aeven where the film has been established'and maintained fora period, the valve' has had the objection of clogging of its ports by accretions of hard carboniz'ed lubricant therein, this being a serious objection quite independent of Whether the temperature of the valve is maintained low or high.. v

The present invention is a rotary valve but eliminates the foregoing and other objections peculiar to that class by dividing the func tions of the 'valvestructure so that the parts which seal the port serve that vfunction only and have no function of sustaining wear or preserving heat-transferring contact, 'and the seating parts which support the rotary valve member and are subject to wear, provide such contact, for escape of heat, but

have no 'port-sealing function whatever.- The surfaces of the portsealing parts are inve'ry close`,'\but not in actual rubbing contact with. each other, andare not pressed together, soithat they are not subject to fric# tional wear and may thus run dry without lubrication, their port Asealing action being obtained by the resistance't-o How offered by such narrowr crevice, promoted by the relative motion of one wa-ll over the other.y The seating surfaces, constituted by' a journal surface on the rotary member and a journal seat on the valve casing maintain' the 'said 4dry-running surfaces in their intended non# frictiona'l relationand these seating surfaces are so related that lt-he effect of wear thereon does not disturb or affect the port-sealing function and they are lubricated and of suf- Jicient areal of film-connected surface to conduct heat aivay from the dry-running part of the\'rotary member so fast thatA the temperature: rises very little and thereby, the said part which is ex osed to the ame is Ikept at all times at a sa el f low temperature andis therefore free from all the consequences of excessive temperature, and moreover, because yit is not pressed Yto the casing or lubricated, its port passages can not clog with carbonized oilrwhile' wear, as stated, is

ineffective on -the tightness of the closure.v

To provide the adequate heat-transfer path tional from the d ry running part of the rotary member to the exterior cooling medium. the

said member is 'purposely made of relatively massive and solid metal construction. es#

pecially at its journal portion to provide a large metallic crosssection and the oil film, which forms the heat-transferring .connection from itto the cooled seat is kept intact by one or all of the several effective means for that purpose, that is-t-o say, first b v dis. tributing the pressure symmetrically with.

reference to the axis of rotation so that wear will be substantially uniform, second, by represence of Vhea-t. Thesemeans accomplish the' permanent cooling ofthe ent-ire mass of metal of the rotary member, and a constant,

proper lubrication, and hence establish a permanent condition of 'efficiency notwithstanding wear, all as hereinbelow fully ex-v plained, in connection with the drawings Whereini Figure 1 is an axial section, taken through the axis of rotation of oneform of' the improved valve, indicating also a portion of the internal combustion'l engine cylinder and valve gearing.

Fig. 2 aV section. of the rot-ary valve member cross-Wise of its casing',

'Fig 3 a transverse crossssection through the ports in Figs. land 2; V

F ig.` 4 a detail 'ofthe fioating' drive;

Fig. 5 is an axial section of a. modified form of valve serving b oth inlet 'and exhaust ports; Fig. 6 a cross-section of Fig. 5 at lthe level of the engine port;

Fig. 7 a section on line VIL-VII of Fig. 6;

Fig.l 8 a cross-section of Fig. 5,. through the lower manifold connection g' Fig. 9 is an axial sectionl with valve mem ber in elevation, of a further form serving both inlet and exhaust Fig. 9

Fig. lli'a section online of Fig. 10;

Fig. l2 is an -axial 4section of a. further modification, and

Fig. 13 a still yfurther modification.

In the several figures of the drawings, the

new valve is shown applied to a conventional T or L-head enginecylinder, but is not limited to that or anyform of engine,'and the .casing of the valve is also shown as part of the cylinder casting. and with its central axis vertical, which are also matters/of opdesign. The upper ported part of the 16e opening@intothe'combustion space of the r f iigirre; `the;port-3ibeing directly in line with tlrci'e'vvitli,ithroiigh` two `semi-circular passagesifi Jfornieldii'nE the casing. ociseatigipaiit'Zeef the casing is formed; by ,..ianiraxilallytapered Wall of circular' crosssectizoni whfich isfsiirrounded by the cooling medium represented in thedrawing as a convention( water-jacket space 6, `Whicli `may surround? thewupfpier. pai-.t of the casing to remercithe.` heatufrorn the latter-also, and

aassages-l.,may` alternately register `with the fixed ponts iiil`4 as thek valve-member rotateswand th `bu :open and close lthe pasl gine cylinder to theinaniu ,Both `prntetl parts are circular, in cnosssection and ,preferably cylindrical and th 'r iprqirirnatey parallel surfaces arel sepam hricant and, so lnarrow as to constitute .inthe ot in'register. For this 9 about.

preferable to e ronghenafboth opsing sur# f cessothat` "Wing th the v;

am r iri 'Figf I such oper'iiyiigvfandmthe port at being connected Y The lower inasmuch ,fasrthe t `0A walls 5et which form the" f thelicasingiandwiii position' Where its port vyalyes7` y H u l y l y y p y sprang to exert greater,pressurey thanv nectarateid by ya fine crevice devoid of oil or lu?r essary t0 retain the yalye in positior'i under ydry state an effigie tseal for the valve Wheni y able/to malate theportedlA h Q04 nch vless in diameter than'w nteifnaldiameter Of the casing and it is4 n siir'es, yev

Y. d damse-.c carbon-win 1orrnprid adhere yheretofstill furtherinjar-A Y Theroughened surfacelfy` 2' is p,refe"rablyfh'y ,f exerted y against the lubricated 1 formed by cuttingaA fine. lslow-"pitch screiy thread in its suiface,-but the same resu'ltiean l ,i 'alsobe obtained byknurling it, or the@ i line non-leaking crevice canbe Aolntained,-'iri V the first instance by accurate grindingy The #extent to Whicha crevice of originally `say `11002 `inch thickness is'narrowed by thedei i u, iiiclif: ane, ceiinecter't favitlr i an= f posit of: ca rbonen` the t roughened l or'` threaded surface orsiirfaces, is' difficult t state,V

it is not'` easily measured, but the surfaces:

are thus brought very close together and may be regarded as in imperfect orp'ressureless contact, in which relation nofriction or frictional heat is developed by their-@relative movement eren -at very high speeds.,` v.This special relation of the port-sealing sur- U faces can be preserved in actual service only by an adequatelyT rigid and accurately. supporting seat for the rotary member. and

such a seat isprorided. by'the ax villy ta-,wv pered surfaces of the parts 2 andpSu,` VAThese parts are accurately fitted to each other and the valve is so related to the .enginethat such seating pressure as is. exerted thereon is principally and preferablyvexactly in the. direction of its axis, so. that` Wear yis thus symmetrical and'aiiy displacement of the rotary member occurring from yWear can take place only in that direction. that is to say, in the direction of `the parallelscaling' surfaces of the Valve, such displacement y are concerned. The seating thrust is there-i by exerted solely by the Weight of the valve" member itself or by such Weight plus, the

' pull of a light seating spring presentlyYy re-4 ferred to, or in cases Where the valve is not ,desired to occupy al 'yertical'position it may be seated by the spring aloneV or by' e'quiialent moderate seating pressure from'any source. "I

Inasmuch as the yalvefseatingf lpressure has no function in ysealing thewia lve against, escape of `interior gas pressure, as Liii-ethery it `is notlfnecessary *y forA 'tli'e sea yng such counter-force ,las `might be represented byfthe suction of thejer'igine` possible bthrust of the drive gear, and 'it is thereffore entirely practicable and'preferf'able `to (design the valve, according to metliodswiyell known to the art, sothat' the `engine rpiesf The seating surfacesarelubric i from" theoiling pipe l0ucoii`nlecl dftoia `en'though balanced,` be notY constitutes `an effective heat-conducting junction, as already explained. The dry running upper part 9 .0f the valve member.

has no path for discharging thelieat it receives from the flame, to the 'adjacent Waterjaclveted ivall 1 of the casing, on account of the intervening film of gas, and it ivould therefore attain an excessivel and seiious temperature if it Were not'y that suchV heat can escape very\ readily, through its base 8,*

a's .above explained. This base is therefore, and preferably, made of solid metal, being structurally"integral 4with the upper part and itis alsorelativelylarge, so that it notv only thereby contributes to the rigidity With which the inember'is held in alinement but also provides an extended area for oil-'film` contact with the cooled journal seat Q. The heat in the ported part of the valve member thus finds a ioiv path of ample metallic cross-section direct to the large aiea of oil film and through the latter to the Waterjacket. In the form of Figs. 1 to 3, the

upper ported part is holloived out to formv the port passage, and the ported Walls aretapered so as to give a progressively increas ing metallic'cross-seetion at all points from the extreme rim to the journal or base 8l thereby providing -a uniform. temperature gradient from one end of the valve to lthe other Which assures uniform and symmetri` cal thermal expansion of the valve member and avoids impairment of either the, seal` ing or seating functions which might other Wise resultffrom uneven temperature or, lo-

calized hotspots. j

The syi'nmetrical disposal of the seating surfaces with respect to the axis of rotation and the relatively light seating pressure thereon' as already explained conduce toward the maintenance of the oil-iilmheat-junction 'When the valve is in action.' The oil may also be supplied under pressure to assist further in its maintenance, but lthis invention prefers to assure the integrity` of the oil film by a simple means consisting in taper-curving the said surfaces. This is accomplished by shaping the said surfaces according to the surface of revolution of the mathematical curve knoivn as the equi-tangential tractrix, with the axis of the valve coinciding with the axis of said surface; T he drawings are intended to illustrate'such a formation. Its adaptability7 to the purposes in hand is due to the fact that at the lower or narrower part of the seat Where the surface velocityis sloiver, the pressure of the valve member on its seat is greater than that at the larger' diameter, Where the surface velocityr is greater, the pressure is loiver, and thereby, as I have ascertained. the effect is to distribute the oil film with' such uniformity asy positively to prohibit its breaking down so long as enough oil is present to cover the surface. Introduction of oil ,at the narroiver .and lou-er end, asindicated in the drawings, is suitable and-a drip feed into the oil supply pipe normally supplies a sufficientvquantity of oil, although a forced oil 'feed may begused as stated, in which cas/e the oil itself might also carry away some of the heat. members seated upon equi-tangential .tractrix seats as above described, does not in any Way tend to impair or alter the o il film, nor

does such Wear as may take' place tend to- The thermal expansion of valve effect any change in alin'ement, and in any event and because' of tlie effective cooling action `above explained the thermalexpansion of the said valve isnot large, and does not differ materially from that of the casing.

-The rotary valve memberfjis preferably driven by adriving connection that imparts no appreciable lateral pressure to it, such as might tend to sidewise Wear and lateral displacement or dislinement ofthe dry running surfaces.

A carefully journaled or a relatively slender and hence elastic valve shaft may serve this purpose, but for sure avoidance of disalinement from this cause, the invention prefers the so-called floating drive, of which several forms are available.

diateoating disk 11, shown in Fig. 4, provided vvith opposite slots l2 engaged withl The one shown 1n Fig. 1 comprises an intermedownwardly projecting lugs 1301i the collar 14 pinned to the valve stem, and also with another pair of slots 15- disposedat right angles to the slots 12 and engaged by the upward projections 16 on the collar 17 pinned to the valve shaft 1,8. By such connection the valve shaft 18 can be'eoiisiderably out of line with the valveaxis without j j imparting. lateral stress to the latter, as will be evident. The seating spring above alluded to, is applied to the floating drive,

being interposed between the head of the collar 17 and the housing 19 of that mecha# nism, as'shown at 20, The spring, acting through the housing, pulls the valve in sub-V stantially .the direction of its axis. The housing is connected by bayonetslots' with the collar 14 so that it is removable.

The valve shaft 18 is shoivn journaled in vthe bed 'structure 21 of the engine and driven by skew4 gears 22 from the valve shaft 23,'V

the latter being of course understood to' be driven by -the` engine ,crank-shaft and in proper phase Withthe .'valve, so. that the enginecylinder is connected with the inani- `fold at appropriate times.`

`Warming and expansion of the ini-lowing 'charge effected thereby, and uneven tem-v ',perature in the valve itself. In theseiigures the valve casing isformed of port sealing spfectively, bothjfof which are water-jacketed as before, and the part 24 is `provided with fixed Vports 26 connected with the engine -f other proposed`formsj'of rotary valves sub Ject to excessive temperature because of the and seating walls marked 24 and 25, re-

cylinder and disposed diametrically oppo- .slte to. each other so as to balance the pressures on the valve member. The rotary valve member seats byits massive journal portion 27 upon the journal `seat-,25 and the meeting surfaces are tapered `according to the equi-tangential tractrix curve above re` lferred to. The upper port-sealing part of theva-lve `member marked 28 runs dry and in imperfectly contacting relation to the `corresponding surface of the casing wall 24 so. as to constitute therewith the .same efii- -cient ort-sealing agent as in the form rst descri ed. The port passages in this valve member are: cut thereinl in the form 'of pockets,- two" of such pockets being semicircular as illustrated l(in part by dotted lines) at29 in Fig.i5.l These .ports simul' taneously connect the fixed ports' 26 with lthe wide intake port --formed in the cas ing wall `below the 'plane of the former ports.` 'The two other ports in the part 28 are formed therein between the intake ports through the top of the valve member where they arefin communicationwith the exhaust manifold 32. yWhen these ports come in.

4register with the fixed ports 26, the ports 29 are' faced against the blank wall of the casing, hence closing the intake and communication is established', through the upper .ports withthe exhaust manifold. The latter is secured to the top ofthe valve casing, as in the preceding form, and the intake manifold is supposed tobe connected tothe Vport 30 at the side of the casing," although this arrangement can obviously be reversed `if desired. It will be evidentthat'the valve memb'ei` 27-28 is perfectly balanced so far as enginepressures are concerned andthat the heat received byits port sealing and dryrunning portion'nds ample path frm., escape to the oil-filmed seat through lrelatively thick metal remaining between its 55 portsthrough its thickbase. This ,valve is shown driven byv a floating drive on the same principle as already explained, the

i seating spring 20l however being inside the i 4 rangement of port passages'wherebybne orl i nected at the side instead of the top ofthe valve-casing; In these figures the principal part 18 representing the valve-shaft in this form. i i v Figs. l9', 10 and Il illustrate-a further arboth of the engine. manifolds may b e conparts of the `casing and valvememberA will be recognized from the description already given and will 'be `understood to involve `the imperfectly-contacting sealing surfaces and the lubricated journal ysurfaces disposed-re` spectively at opposite ends of the "valve structure.

The upper `partfof the valli` "chamberthrou'gh which lth'eyalve isfintro'fy duced, is closed `by'ascrewy plug and the`- port passage 33 throughthe yvalve member is formed obliquely therein, with itsy upper end disposed in register with, a lateral extension 34 of the combustion space which surrounds the valve member, so that the said `port is constantlyr in `"conimimica-tion with the 1nter1or pressure. The lower end of the port is adapted to register alternately with the inlet and exhaust casing poits 35 and 36, connecting irst theorie and then the other of them with 4the combustion space,

`according toa desired cycle, as will be evident from the drawings without further explanation. In this form the engine pres.r

although having access to ,all sides of the 1through said surfaces to the surrounding` `cooling medium. The valve-member is also rouofhened or threaded in' this form as indicated inv Fig. l.

theprinciple of the invention and in which the valve member is subjected 'to theffull" unbaflanced pressure of the combustion gasesv exerted laterally thereon. In this case the!v ltendency to unsymmetrical wear, such as might impair the port-sealing eiectpis,V

minimized by making the journal and seat portions of such relatively large proportions with respect to said pressure as to make any*` Vultimate displacement' unappreciable' and; therefore negligible.\ It will be apparent thatfhe seating parts can be made 'as large be no larger than will Is'uficeato keep lateral wear within the negligible limit during 'the normal life of the piston and cylinder and other engine parts, since the valve will have' completely fulfilled its functions when* the engine as'a whole is worn out. In this fornif Fig. 12 illustrates another applicatibn of Vas necessary for this purpose but they need l y the taper of the seating portions is 'straight or conical, and while this formis not so well adapted to maintain the continuous oil film,

as already explained, it is nevertheless capa"-` ble of providinga requisite rate of heat dissipation b'yreason of its large size and theextended area of externally-cooled surface. It will be understood, therefore, that while the pressure balance and the curved taper are preferred factors in obtaining true wear, the valve ma be made substantially true wearin and ence of constant efficiency, at

'least'.l or the life of the engine, vwithout i )e the case, for instance, if the passage 37 lin Fig. 12, were connectedto the combustion chamber and the passage 38 to the manifold. In-such` case the seating-surfaces would be called' upon to withstand the full-.engine pressure and should rbe constructed with that requirement in view.l It ispreferable in .this case to utilize the tractrix curve above referred to as the means of preserving the oil film contact under such conditions, as

illustrated for example in Fig. 13wherein the pressure of the combustion gases is normally in communication, through passage 40, with the interior ofthe valve member, and the manifold '-39 is'at the side of the valve casingL In this arrangement and because the outlet port is in the side wall of the casing, the valve member 4l has aslight tendency toward unsymmetrical ressure upon its seat, and this tendency can e oset and balanced, if desired, in, an effective manner b v forming the top of the valve member with an extension or lip `on its ported side, having a projected area equivalent to that of the port, whereby the ressure effortthereon isexertedin -a direction substantially counter to the tendency toward .lisalinemen't and in the same value, the re.-

' sult being a practically symmetrical, or axial pressure exerted upon the seat and consequent uniform wear.

In the forms above described some variation appears in the shape of the tractrix lcurve. but it will of coursebe appreciated that the appearance of the curvature depends upon the length taken-for the tangent and that in any case the degree of curvature is greater 'at the points of larger radius than at the smaller. In all said `forms the principle of the invention ispr'esentin the division of the sealing and seating functions, the absence of need of lubrication-for the former and the rapid heat-transferring and svmmetrical wearing characteristics of' the 1 -latter, which ,combine to produce a valve i "structure ca .515 maximum e 16?.;

able of indefinite service at' ablefor controlling the high pressures and Y valve member.

by'a moderate tem temperatures in Diesel engines and in large' sizes of such engines, and equally serviceable in high and low speed engines. It will'be apparent Without-explanation that the' particular design of such valve-structures is the engine, the numberand size or arrange ment of Vthe ports or cylinders controlled, the method of coolin the seating surface and of oiling them an also fuerotarydrive gearing. These matterswill naturally be l subject to wide valuation as to 1location on determined by the maker accordingto the its wall surface parallel with, and in imperfectly contacting relation tothe corresponding portedsur ace of said rotary member whereby said opposing surfaces may function as the sealing means of the valve without lubrication, and a .part constituting a lubricated seat supporting said valve-member journal maintaining the said imperfectly contacting' surfaces in concentric alinement with each other notwithstanding casing journal seat capable ofirapidly ab- -stracting heat from the journal vtherein and operating to maintain a modera temperawear, and a water-jacket surrounding said ture throughout the whole of said rotary- 2. An internal combustion comprising a rotary valve-member composed of functionally independent but structurally integral parts, one a ported part an'd the other a tapered journal art, iii combination with a valve casing orlsaid m mber composed of a ported part having i wall surface concentric with, and in .imperfectly contacting relationl to, the corresponding ported surface of said Vvalve'member whereby said opposing surfaces may-function as engine valve thesealing means of the valve without -lubrication, and a part vconstituting a lubricated tapered seat for said tapered valve-member journal, and' having an extended area in heat-transferring contact therewith wheresaid valve member y transfer of heat` therefrom .through said seat:`

3. A rotary valve for internal, combustion enginesl comprising a rotary valve-member havin a tapered-journal part'and ya.v

C. there or providing the seat for. such jo part," the, coacting ported p member and" casing being disposed in-dryrunning and substantiall pressureless cency and'rv particularlysuitartnet, and the seating su acesthereof:

surfaces of rature is maintained in isa" . and a casing therefor, the ported Wall surfaces of said member and casing being dry- "running parts operating as the means for 4 of the valve structure, an 10` sealingthe valve and dis osedat one end the seating portions of said valve-member and casing being disposed at thefothe'r end of the valve structure and constituted by lubricated axially tapered seating surfaces on said member and casing respectively, subject only to inappreciab lateral displacement from Wear and affording an ample path for escape of heat from theA dry-running ported part of said valve member, through the seat .surface of the casing, and a heatdissipating me ld ium surrounding the seat of the casing.

A 5. In anr internal combustion engine, a

`rotary valvecomprising a casing and a, rotary valve member providedwith opposing drrunning port sealing surfaces.' and axially. tapered lubricated seating surfacesproviding a heat escape-path capable of keeping he ported part of the valve member at a ow temperature, and the said valve member having increasing cross-sect1onal l., solid metallic'area from the end of its ported.

parts to its seated part, and means-outside ,the casing for absorbing the transmitted heat.

6; In an internal combustion engine, a ro-` tary valve comprising a casing connected With-the engine cylinder, a rotary valve Vmember seatedj.e1i"divise in said casmg and subjected to thefengine pressure in balanced relation said casing and member beingpro'- vided with opposing imperfectly contacting, ported surfaces adapted to seal 'the valve Without lubrication and With axiallyl tapered seating surfaces` in lubricated and heat-transferring contact with each other,

and a heat-abstracting medium adjacent .ssaid seating surfacespsaid seating surfaces j and-medium providing an escape path for heat received by said valve member adequate to maintain a vsafe temperature and low temperature gradient therein.

j, 7. A rotary valve for internal combustion enginescomprising a casing and valve-'member provided respectively wlth opposing 1mtially accor perfectly contacting ported surfaces adaptcd for sealingthe valvewitliout lubrication and' with lubricated seating surfaces, the latter -beino axially taper-curved substaning to the curvatureV of the equitangential tractrix and thereby adapted to maintain heat-transferring contact lbetween said valve and seat.

8. In an internal combustion engine, a rotar valve comprising a Vcasmgand a solid meta rotary, valve member, the proximate faces of said member and casing being cyimperfectly adapted Lto seal the va ve without lubrica- .lindrical in the ported region of the valve and axlally taper-curved in the region of the Avalve constituting the seat of the member upon the casing faces being in dry imperfect contact und provided with ports adapted to register by the said, cylindrical 'surthe rotation of said member, andthe said'A taper-curved portions having greater curvature at the larger diameter than at the smaller diameter and providing large cross` tion, one of4 whichis superflcially roughened and adapted to-collect a carbon de osit, and

a journal and journal `seat on sai member and casing respectively adapted to preserve a predetermined relation of said ported surfaces notwithstanding Wear. 4,

10. A rotary valve for internal combustion engines comprising a rotary valve-mem ber and casing, the proximate ported faces thereof being in su stantially pressureless port-sealing relation to each other, an axially tapered'journal on the 4valve-member, a correspondingly tapered journal seat on the casmg and a floating drive for said member adapted to rotate the same without impart,- ing side thrust thereto.

11. A rotary valve' for internal combustion engines comprising a rotary valve member having a ported part and a tapered and relatively massive journalV art, in combination witha valve casin aving a ported part and a tapered and lu ricated seat adapted to support and aline the journal art and providing therewith a heat trans er path tothe exterior of said seat, the ported surfaces of said valve and casing being in gimperfectly contacting relation and o erating as port-sealing means Without lu vricaj tion.

,x 12. A rotary -valve for internal combustion engines comprisinga rotary valve member and a valve casing therefor provided with opposing imperfectly contacting and dry-running ported surfaces and with tapered 'seating surfaces in V lubricated vand heat-transferring contact witheach other, the ports of said casing lbeing dia-metrically disposed with reference to said member and a flexible means for rotating said member.

13. A rotary valve for internal combustion engines comprising a metallic rotary valve member and a casing therefor, said member land casing being provided with opposing imperfectly contactin portedsurfaces having faces ofV hard calr on deposited thereon from the engine gases; and ajourna] 14. and journal Seaton said member audcasing respectively'adapltedto preserve said imperwith lubricated seating surfaces separate fectlycontacting relation of said ported surfrom said walls and axially taper-curved 1G -aces notwithstanding Wear, and forming an substantially according to thecurvature of escape yfor heat from said surfaces.' l the equi-tangential tractrix, and means for ".5 14. A rotary valve for internal combussupplying oil to said s ting surfaces.

tion engines, comprising acasing and rotary Inr testimony whered; I *have signed this .valve member provided respectively with opspecification." posing ported andport-sealng Walls and JOHN GOOD. 

